Recent content by jonescafe72

Hey AMA, nice bikes. i love the Dream, but I fell in love with the GB500 the first time I saw it in a dealership. I think I was 19 at the time, and a bike was the last thing I needed. The GB500 definitely left it's mark on me...I've been in love with cafe racers ever since. Somewhere on here is...

Here are a couple shots of my "new" bench. It's 9'6" long, and 36" wide. All steel, and I paid a hefty $75 for it, and it was delivered for free! I know it wasn't built from scratch by me, but I don't know that I could have built it for any cheaper. After a fresh coat of enamel: It currently...

I had an incident with a weed eater and a hidden rock along our fence line. It was starting to get dark and I had just lifted my glasses up to the top of my head when BANG.....the rock bit back and left a vertical slash on my cornea! It was neat to see the fluorescent dye in the ER. My eye...

I need some advice about building my new garage. I have priced a kit from Sutherlands hardware, and am waiting on a quote from Star Lumber. I'm looking for a ready to build kit, and I'm having a tough go of it. Per the HOA, it must be wood, similar shingles and siding to the house, and I only...

I'm currently planning a "little" 20x20. You mentioned that it was a mail order. Where did you order yours from? Mine will hold my old motorcycles and be a small shop and place for me to get away for a while.

Twice since we moved into our house 6 years ago, I've forgotten to lower the garage door. Twice since we moved into our house 6 years ago, the police have rang the doorbell after I was asleep to alert me. We live in a quiet suburban neighborhood, but it is nice to know that the police do take an...

Hey all, The wife and I are getting ready to buy a new house and I have priced a 20x20 kit from Sutherlands. The house has a 3 car attached, but the wife agrees that I need a shop to work on my motorcycles. Has anyone dealt with Sutherlands? They quoted me $4100 for the kit with pre-built...

How does one subscribe, and where would one go to find this magazine?

Just an idea...maybe won't work...Why not just use an electric winch type motor of some kind? Mounted to the ceiling with the cable running to one side of the door. It would need to pass over the coil to the "outside" of the door, and as the motor wound one direction, the door would roll up, and...

I attended a "finning" party with the members of our local antique motorcycle club. Very interesting watching these guys build up fins on their old cast engines. I got to welcome in the new year watching one "old timer" take apart two Crocker engines for fin repair!

I have 2 daughters. A 16 year old, who wants nothing to do with anything in the garage, and a 12 year old that I can't get out of the garage. My 12 year old did most of the work on rebuilding a '77 Kawasaki 2 stroke. It's hers now. I finally got a welder for Christmas. I still need to learn and...

I love it! Hmmm....giving me some ideas......

I love what you have done. I am going to use your shop as a reference to go back to when I get to build my new shed.